Is there a tutorial to design/create laser cut pentagon shaped box with finger joints

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Hi!
Is there a tutorial to design/create laser cut pentagon shaped box with finger joints? I will be cutting on a Glowforge laser printer. I am new to Sketch Up.
Thx!
Cindi

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Hi Cynthia, Welcome to the forum!
I doubt that there is such a specific tutorial.
If you are new to SketchUp, the best place to start learning is learn.sketchup.com
Also SketchUp has a YouTube channel, search for the Square One series.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bndkJaV8A7R2t970OmHY6kPGJwTfGP2
That’s about the SketchUp basics.
After that you could try the Skill Builder series that go more in depth…
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bndkJaV8A5VmrwvxMw-IYgSJLlV-vjH

After that, if you have some questions about specific problems you can always ask here and someone will sort you out!

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Thanks so much for your speedy response! I’ll go check out the tutorials and browse around the forum. Cindi

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and if you want to create in SketchUp

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Thx- I did try maker case, but all of the tabs don’t stay connected when I try to move them.
I would also like to use the sides to create a template to design houses. Do you know how to keep all of the sides from moving around?

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I opened it in Illustrator